Height: 801 metres / 2628 feet Grid reference: NY 21472 10716 Category: The Western Fells

Ennerdale and Buttermere from the summit of Green Gable

Great End and the Scafells from Green Gable

Heading for Green Gable across Blackmoor Pols
Height: 801 metres / 2628 feet Grid reference: NY 21472 10716 Category: The Western Fells
Ennerdale and Buttermere from the summit of Green Gable
Great End and the Scafells from Green Gable
Heading for Green Gable across Blackmoor Pols
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Start point: Seathwaite (NY 235 122)
Seathwaite – Hanging Stone – Base Brown – Blackmoor Pols – Green Gable – Windy Gap – Styhead Tarn – Sty Head – Sprinkling Tarn – Great Slack on Seathwaite Fell – Seathwaite Fell – Taylorgill Force – Seathwaite
Distance: 6.2 miles Total Ascent: 925 metres Time Taken: 4 hours Start Time: 07:00
Weather: Changeable, windy. 11oC.
It’s a while since I have done these fells and it was nice to get back there for a visit. The weather was constantly changing and the summits were very windy with the clouds constantly blowing in and off. There was quite a number of dead sheep around today, a grizzly consequence of the heavy snowfall not so long ago.
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Start point: Wasdale Head (NY 187 087)
Wasdale Head – Moses Trod – Gavel Neese – Beck Head – Great Gable – Windy Gap – Green Gable – Aaron Slack – Sty Head – Moses Trod – Wasdale Head
Distance: 6 miles Total Ascent: 900 metres Time Taken: 4 hours 15 minutes
Weather: Cold and clear. 2°C
It was a clear night last night and very cold this morning in Wasdale. Once up above 600m, the wind added an extra chill factor and the snow was iced over which meant crampons and ice axe were definitely required. It all made the going quite slow but it was a really enjoyable winter walk and it was very quiet up there today – I didn’t see a single person or indeed a footprint!
Ennerdale and the High Stile ridge with Grasmoor to the right. The Solway Firth and Scotland are clearly visible today through the gap.
The sky to the south was quite eerie with the sun trying to burn through, here looking across to the Scafells.
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Start point: Seathwaite (NY 235 122)
Seathwaite – Hanging Stone – Base Brown – Blackmoor Pols – Green Gable – Gillercomb Head – Brandreth – Grey Knotts – Borrowdale Yews – Seathwaite
Distance: 5 miles Total Ascent: 780 metres Time Taken: 3 hours 15 minutes
Weather: Sunny spells. 17C.
I was up at the crack of doom today for a quiet walk around Gillercomb. The weather threatened to clear all the time but the tops remained in cloud mostly, even though further north in Buttermere the sun was shining and it was the same down at valley level too.
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Start point: Wasdale Head (NY 187 087)
Wasdale Head – Moses Trod – Gavel Neese – Beck Head – Great Gable – Windy Gap – Green Gable – Aaron Slack – Sty Head – Moses Trod – Wasdale Head
Distance: 6 miles Total Ascent: 900 metres Time Taken: 3 hour 35 minutes
Weather: Mainly overcast, cold on the tops. 10oC.
Well it looked promising early on but I can’t grumble about the weather really as it turned out much better than forecast (i.e. I didn’t get wet!). It was a typical November day really and there was hardly a breath of wind until above 700m where there was an icy blast. Today I had my own 2 minutes of silence alone on the top of Great Gable.
Great Gable from Wasdale Head, the path running up the centre before cutting left is the one I am following today.
There was lots of cloud forming over the fells to the north-west. This cloud was rolling over Brandreth and heading directly towards me bringing a chill wind - time for the gloves, cap and jacket!
Next week is Armistice Day and the annual Remembrance Day service takes place on Great gable summit on Sunday. I left our families poppy up there today. 'Lest we forget'...I will not.
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Start point: Seathwaite (NY 235 122)
eathwaite – Hanging Stone – Base Brown (505) – Blackmoor Pols – Green Gable – Gillercomb Head – Brandreth – Grey Knotts – Borrowdale Yews – Seathwaite
Distance: 5 miles Total Ascent: 780 metres Time Taken: 3 hours 30 minutes
Weather: Overcast, the tops in cloud. 8°C
The weather returned to being dull and damp after the rather more glamorous conditions of last Thursday. The tops were in cloud until the very end when the sun made a brief appearance. I can hardly believe it is 3 years since I last visited Base Brown, how time flies! I think conditions were similar last time I was there as well; I must visit it in the sunshine one day.
Here's one for the record, something you don't see very often - the road at Seathwaite deserted! For the uninitiated, there are cars as far as the eye can see in summer.
Gillercomb through the mist. The rest of the walk up to Green Gable then back to Brandreth and Grey Knotts was completely under cover of the mist.
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Start point: Car Park at the head of Honister Pass (NY 225 135)
Honister Hause – Bell Crags – Black Star (440) – Fleetwith Pike (441) – Moses Trod – Beck Head – Great Gable – Green Gable (442) – Gillercomb Head – Brandreth (443) – Grey Knotts (444) – Honister Hause
Distance: 8.75 miles Total Ascent: 1159 metres Time Taken: 4 hours
Weather: Grey and overcast. 5ºC.
Today the weather was a lot duller than yesterday for a walk up to Great Gable from the Honister Pass. It did look promising at the start, but after the ascent of Great Gable I never got out of the clouds until reaching Grey Knotts. It was very quiet up there today and I had every summit to myself, which must be a record for Great Gable I think!
The Buttermere Valley from Fleetwith Pike. The nearest water is Buttermere with Crummock Water behind and a glimpse of Loweswater in the distance.
Fleetwith Pike to the left of the ridge with Black Star along the same ridge to the right. Much evidence of continuing mining operations here.
A glimpse in to Wasdale and a view of Wast Water from Beck Head. Now it was up to Great Gable and up into the clouds.
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Seathwaite – Hanging Stone – Base Brown (159) – Blackmoor Pols – Green Gable – Gillercomb Head – Brandreth (160) – Grey Knotts (161) – Borrowdale Yews – Seathwaite
A damp day with low lying cloud.
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Wasdale Head – Black Sails Pass – Kirk Fell (93) – Great Gable (94) – Green Gable (95) – Windy Gap – Styhead Tarn – Wasdale Head